2020 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2020 General Election

2020 Governor's Chairs
by State

11 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2020

11 Elected

39 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2020

11 Open Governor's Chairs (voluntary retirement, seeking other political office, term limits)

8 Incumbents renominated by same party

101 Candidates seeking a Governor's Chair (Candidates may run under the banner of multiple parties. Hence, the number of parties may be greater than the number of candidates.)

This is a list of the current Governors' chairs, the incumbents occupying them, and the candidacy status of said incumbents. Chairs up for election in the year 2020 are marked as such.

There have been 0 deaths, 0 resignations, and 0 changes of party affiliation in 2020.

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Missouri 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican



	Scattering	0	0.00%	WRITE-INS
Total		3,012,287	100.00%

New Hampshire 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2020. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Scattering	683	0.09%	Scatter
Total		793,260	100.00%

North Dakota 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: North Dakota passed an initiative in November 2022 to amend the state's Constitution to add Gubernatorial term limits of 2 4 year terms. Applies to individuals elected after 1 January 2023.
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Scattering	17,538	4.90%	write-in
Total		357,659	100.00%

Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2020. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican


	Scattering	8,087	2.18%	Blank Votes
	Scattering	1,599	0.43%	Total Write-ins • JOHN KLAR 612 (0.16%), JIM SEXTON 84 (0.02%), REBECCA HOLCOMBE 59 (0.02%), BLANKS 41 (0.01%), PHIL STANNARD 27 (0.01%), JIM DOUGLAS 21 (0.01%), SCOTT MILNE 17 (0.00%), DONALD TRUMP 14 (0.00%), PHIL STANDARD 12 (0.00%), TIM ASHE 8 (0.00%), MEG HANSEN 8 (0.00%), KEITH STERN 6 (0.00%), WOTANG CLAN 6 (0.00%), JAMES KLAN 5 (0.00%), TARL WARWICK 5 (0.00%), PAUL STILES 4 (0.00%), BERNARD PETERS 4 (0.00%), SHAP SMITH 4 (0.00%), LUCAS HERRING 4 (0.00%), PAUL CLIFFORD 4 (0.00%), PAT WINBURN 4 (0.00%), KESHA RAM 4 (0.00%), KIAH MORRIS 3 (0.00%), CURTIS JUDD 3 (0.00%), KANYE WEST 3 (0.00%), ROBERT WHITE 3 (0.00%), RANDY BROCK 3 (0.00%), DWAYNE TUCKER 3 (0.00%), JIM CONDOS 3 (0.00%), DR TIMOTHY COOK 3 (0.00%), TOM LOWELL 2 (0.00%), VICKI STRONG 2 (0.00%), B. MONK 2 (0.00%), RON PAUL 2 (0.00%), SCOTT MILNE 2 (0.00%), BRUCE BURNOR 2 (0.00%), TOM ROSENBAUER 2 (0.00%), THOMAS SULLIVAN 2 (0.00%), MARK DONKA 2 (0.00%), MARY KNAPP 2 (0.00%), KEN GOSLANT 2 (0.00%), ROBERT NORRIS 2 (0.00%), MOLLY GRAY 2 (0.00%), DOMINIQUE AYER 2 (0.00%), KIAH MORRIS 2 (0.00%), H BROOKE PAIGE 2 (0.00%), STUART BEAM 2 (0.00%), BILL HUFF 2 (0.00%), TOM RYAN 2 (0.00%), RON BOUCHER 2 (0.00%), BRIAN DUBIE 2 (0.00%), TRAVIS RAYMO 2 (0.00%), DON TURNER 2 (0.00%), NATHANIEL NOBLE 2 (0.00%), STEVE COSTELLO 2 (0.00%), CHRIS ROBINSON 2 (0.00%), PETER WELCH 2 (0.00%), LUCAS HERRING 2 (0.00%), JOHN KERR 2 (0.00%), ROBERT WHITE 2 (0.00%), ED ADRIAN 2 (0.00%), RUTH LISMAN 2 (0.00%), ROBERT WHITE 2 (0.00%), SHAP SMITH 2 (0.00%), CHARLES JOHNSON 2 (0.00%), KEITH STEARNS 2 (0.00%), KURT WRIGHT 2 (0.00%), SCOTT MILNE 2 (0.00%), CHUCK NORRIS 2 (0.00%), AARON KAIGLE 2 (0.00%), BRAD PEACOCK 2 (0.00%), H BROOKE PAIGE 2 (0.00%), BERNIE SANDERS 2 (0.00%), SUE MINTER 2 (0.00%), NEIL PAPPALARDO 2 (0.00%), SHAP SMITH 2 (0.00%), DOEREN SPRINGER 2 (0.00%), JOHN KLAR 2 (0.00%), MEG HAMPTON 2 (0.00%), KEVIN CARVEY 2 (0.00%), KAREN CUMMINGS 2 (0.00%), PATRICK WINBURN 2 (0.00%), THOMAS DEE 2 (0.00%), KEVIN MORRISON 2 (0.00%), MEG HANSEN 2 (0.00%), PETER BRIGGS 2 (0.00%), SHAP SMITH 2 (0.00%), MEG HANSON 2 (0.00%), DANIEL MUNSON 2 (0.00%), LUCAS HERRING 2 (0.00%), SARA GEORGE 2 (0.00%), LANCE LECLAIR 2 (0.00%), DONALD HUBERT 2 (0.00%), CHRISTOPHER HALALI 2 (0.00%), KIAH MORRIS 2 (0.00%), DON TURNER 2 (0.00%), CHRIS DATTILIO 2 (0.00%), BRIDGET MOUNT 2 (0.00%), CHRIS POULIN 2 (0.00%), VINCE ILLUZZI 1 (0.00%), DAVID SALKIN 1 (0.00%), H BROOK PAIGE 1 (0.00%), KATHY GARRETT 1 (0.00%), TIM ASHE 1 (0.00%), JAMES BOUDREAU 1 (0.00%), JOHN MORLEY 1 (0.00%), TED LASKARIS 1 (0.00%), RICK MOORE 1 (0.00%), DOLLY PARTON 1 (0.00%), MIRO WEINBERGER 1 (0.00%), STROOP 1 (0.00%), JOHN KARN 1 (0.00%), BERNIE PETERS 1 (0.00%), JOHN RODGERS 1 (0.00%), WILL SMITH 1 (0.00%), RAYMOND SMITH 1 (0.00%), BERNIE SANDERS 1 (0.00%), MURFEE 1 (0.00%), CODY NALBACH 1 (0.00%), KAYNE WEST 1 (0.00%), JASON STINSON 1 (0.00%), BERNIE SANDERS 1 (0.00%), RALPH CORBO 1 (0.00%), JAMES SNELL 1 (0.00%), TED WARWICK 1 (0.00%), VERMIN SUPREME 1 (0.00%), BRUCE WILLIS 1 (0.00%), GLEN GODFREY 1 (0.00%), DARCY NELSON 1 (0.00%), CHRISTOPHER PILNER 1 (0.00%), VAUGN HADLEY 1 (0.00%), MIKE DAME 1 (0.00%), TED CRUZ 1 (0.00%), KRISTI L. NOEM 1 (0.00%), GEORGE DEBLON 1 (0.00%), BOB HELM 1 (0.00%), RON BAKER 1 (0.00%), BILL LEE 1 (0.00%), MICHAEL BARNWELL 1 (0.00%), GEORGE LAWSON 1 (0.00%), PAUL LAVALETTE 1 (0.00%), CJ MANCHESTER 1 (0.00%), MATT HYDE 1 (0.00%), RICHARD CLAY 1 (0.00%), MOLLY COREY 1 (0.00%), BEN MACHIN 1 (0.00%), ED REED 1 (0.00%), DOUG THURBER 1 (0.00%), MIKE CUNNINGHAM 1 (0.00%), COLBY COONS 1 (0.00%), JUSTIN LINDOR 1 (0.00%), STEVE BERRY 1 (0.00%), MARILYN ZOPHER 1 (0.00%), JOHN MONDS 1 (0.00%), JOSH PUTNAM 1 (0.00%), JOHN DOTEN 1 (0.00%), LAURENT LOUIS 1 (0.00%), JILL KROWINSKI 1 (0.00%), RANDY BROCK 1 (0.00%), CAROLYN D. MEADOWS 1 (0.00%), SEAN RYAN 1 (0.00%), JAMES SEXTON 1 (0.00%), BILL HARRISON 1 (0.00%), BOB POSET 1 (0.00%), BECK WATSON 1 (0.00%), JERRY GREENFIELD 1 (0.00%), JAMES SEXTON 1 (0.00%), JAMES HESTER 1 (0.00%), BERNIE SANDERS 1 (0.00%), NATE DEMAR 1 (0.00%), NOT P SCOTT 1 (0.00%), WALTER MEDOR 1 (0.00%), JAMES SEXTON 1 (0.00%), WM. GORMLEY JR. 1 (0.00%), ANDREW COTREL 1 (0.00%), TRUMP 1 (0.00%), ZACHARY ALAN NUZMAN 1 (0.00%), GRAHAM OKAI 1 (0.00%), RONALD GADWAY 1 (0.00%), RICH CASSIDY 1 (0.00%), TED NUGENT 1 (0.00%), RAY FORTIER 1 (0.00%), JACOB BOYD 1 (0.00%), EILEEN BAKER 1 (0.00%), HEATH FOSTER 1 (0.00%), STEPHEN YOUNG 1 (0.00%), TONNIE IOANI 1 (0.00%), SCOTT MILL 1 (0.00%), JAMES SEXTON 1 (0.00%), TODD PRIESTLEY 1 (0.00%), JON KLAR 1 (0.00%), JASON BROWNFIELD 1 (0.00%), JOHN RODGERS 1 (0.00%), DUSTIN SANTY 1 (0.00%), CHRIS O;GRADY 1 (0.00%), SUMNER DEPOT 1 (0.00%), SARAH TOSCANO 1 (0.00%), DAVID MARKS 1 (0.00%), PATRICK LEAHY 1 (0.00%), LEIGH COLE 1 (0.00%), WILLIE CLARK 1 (0.00%), MICHAEL KLAN 1 (0.00%), L. HALL 1 (0.00%), H. BROOKE PAIGE 1 (0.00%), CHARLES ROGER TAYLOR 1 (0.00%), GUY PAGE 1 (0.00%), RYAN UPCHURCH 1 (0.00%), BERNARD PETERS 1 (0.00%), ROWAN WHITEHORN 1 (0.00%), JEFFREY COATES 1 (0.00%), MICHAEL FRASIER 1 (0.00%), TAYLOR MAE 1 (0.00%), DAWN FRECHETTE 1 (0.00%), RETTA DUNLA 1 (0.00%), JERRY TRUDELL 1 (0.00%), NICHOLAS MCINSTRY 1 (0.00%), TIMOTHY SHOPIN 1 (0.00%), RICHARD COONS 1 (0.00%), ROGER YOUNG 1 (0.00%), NICHOLAS CARTULARO 1 (0.00%), ALTON GRAY 1 (0.00%), LARRY DROWN 1 (0.00%), HOWARD DEAN 1 (0.00%), PETER BRIGGS 1 (0.00%), MARK SALLS 1 (0.00%), BOB KISS 1 (0.00%), COOPER GAMMON 1 (0.00%), NICOLE CHAUVIN 1 (0.00%), BERNIE SANDERS 1 (0.00%), JOHN CHENEY 1 (0.00%), JEFF PAUL 1 (0.00%), DAVID ZUCKERMAN 1 (0.00%), JIMMY MATAS 1 (0.00%), NICK NEWHALL 1 (0.00%), HOWARD DEAN 1 (0.00%), XASENA DAVIS 1 (0.00%), JUSTIN MONTEITH 1 (0.00%), ASHLYNN DAYON 1 (0.00%), MARY HAHN BEERWORTH 1 (0.00%), KATELYN ESTERBY 1 (0.00%), BETH PEARCE 1 (0.00%), TIM DUGGAN 1 (0.00%), CRAIG CANE 1 (0.00%), JOE BENNING 1 (0.00%), DAVID MEARS 1 (0.00%), MICHIKO PADGE II 1 (0.00%), DAWN SEIBERT 1 (0.00%), TED FROST 1 (0.00%), VERMIN SUPREME 1 (0.00%), HOWARD DEITZ SR 1 (0.00%), NATE FINEBURG 1 (0.00%), KEVIN HART 1 (0.00%), MICKEY MOOSE 1 (0.00%), JEFFY LASKEVICH 1 (0.00%), WILLIAM A SMITH 1 (0.00%), MATT BURLEW 1 (0.00%), DOUG LUTHER 1 (0.00%), BERNARD PETERS 1 (0.00%), JAN SEXTON 1 (0.00%), SCOTT SUNDERLAND 1 (0.00%), COREY PRATT 1 (0.00%), CHRIS GOODWIN 1 (0.00%), JOSEPH VAILLANCOURT 1 (0.00%), CARLTON NORTH 1 (0.00%), JIM DOW 1 (0.00%), RICHARD MELLONG 1 (0.00%), GRIFFIN SHUMWAY 1 (0.00%), MICHAEL CLOVER 1 (0.00%), JOSHUA DILLEY 1 (0.00%), WINBURN 1 (0.00%), NATASHA FORTIN 1 (0.00%), GARY BARNETT 1 (0.00%), JESSIE STREGE 1 (0.00%), STEVE GILBEAU 1 (0.00%), CRIS ERICSON 1 (0.00%), JOHN RODGERS 1 (0.00%), TULSI GABBARD 1 (0.00%), RICHARD BILADO 1 (0.00%), RICH BIGUE 1 (0.00%), SHAUN BROOKS 1 (0.00%), JAMES SEXTON 1 (0.00%), BERNARD PETERS 1 (0.00%), GLENN BROWN 1 (0.00%), JAY HINTON 1 (0.00%), JAMES SEXTON 1 (0.00%), TOM BURDITT 1 (0.00%), THOMAS PETERSON 1 (0.00%), JOSH ALLEN 1 (0.00%), THOMAS LAUZON 1 (0.00%), EZRA BERNIER 1 (0.00%), PAUL S SAMSON 1 (0.00%), RICHARD MURTAUGH 1 (0.00%), RICH WEBB 1 (0.00%), RICHARD KLEIN 1 (0.00%), FRED DEYSENROTH 1 (0.00%), CLAUDE HOARD 1 (0.00%), KEVIN GODDETTTT 1 (0.00%), SHAYNE SPENCE 1 (0.00%), CHRISTOPHER BOLOGNA 1 (0.00%), JOE CHAMBERS 1 (0.00%), JANE KITCHEL 1 (0.00%), JOHN REALE 1 (0.00%), JOHN BLACK 1 (0.00%), JILL KROWINSKI 1 (0.00%), ALEX WAINE 1 (0.00%), DAN FELICIANO 1 (0.00%), MICHAEL GARY SCOTT 1 (0.00%), GEORGE M SALG 1 (0.00%), STEVE FISHER 1 (0.00%), KIRAN MCCORMICK 1 (0.00%), ERIN BESSY 1 (0.00%), BECCA BALINT 1 (0.00%), ROBERT L LIGHT 1 (0.00%), ROB MAZZA 1 (0.00%), MARCIE DELIBAC 1 (0.00%), PAMELA BARD 1 (0.00%), JOANNE BULLION 1 (0.00%), BERNIE SANDERS 1 (0.00%), THOMAS PATTEN 1 (0.00%), EDDIE VAN HALEN 1 (0.00%), KATHY ROBERTS 1 (0.00%), BRETT LINDEMUTH 1 (0.00%), ROB AIKEN 1 (0.00%), AMY COVEY BARRETT 1 (0.00%), TIMOTHY WORTH 1 (0.00%), JOHN CARR 1 (0.00%), BREANDA SIEGEL 1 (0.00%), CHARLES FENOFF 1 (0.00%), CLINT EASTWOOD 1 (0.00%), DOREEN HUTCHINS 1 (0.00%), WAFIC FAOUR 1 (0.00%), STEPHEN THOMPSON 1 (0.00%), TERRIE GRIFFIN 1 (0.00%), TIMOTHY HUMPHREY 1 (0.00%), JOHN FORCE 1 (0.00%), PAT WINDLEY 1 (0.00%), DON TURNER JR 1 (0.00%), NICHOLAS RUGGIERO 1 (0.00%), CHARLES LARAMIE 1 (0.00%), MARC ROSADO 1 (0.00%), JAY SHEPARD 1 (0.00%), JAMES SEXTON 1 (0.00%), CORNPOP 1 (0.00%), ZACK HOLZWORTH 1 (0.00%), CALLEN DEMPSTER III 1 (0.00%), MARK BARONE 1 (0.00%), JOSHUA HAYES 1 (0.00%), JARED ERNEST SAMMIS 1 (0.00%), JOE DORAN 1 (0.00%), CANDANCE LUSSIER 1 (0.00%), JAMIE CARTER 1 (0.00%), J. KLAR 1 (0.00%), RODNEY RHEA 1 (0.00%), JIM WINCHESTER 1 (0.00%), THOMAS DEE 1 (0.00%), BRIAN STEITZ 1 (0.00%), CIAN QUINN 1 (0.00%), ROBERT LUTZ 1 (0.00%), ETHAN PAXMAN 1 (0.00%), JUDY PAXMAN 1 (0.00%), DONNA CLARK 1 (0.00%), DENISE PAYA 1 (0.00%), DAVID PAPALOZI 1 (0.00%), JAY CUMMINGS 1 (0.00%), ROBERT BURTON 1 (0.00%), RON SWANTON 1 (0.00%), H BROOKE PAIGE 1 (0.00%), NORMAN LEAR 1 (0.00%), ROBERT HOARD 1 (0.00%), JAMI MATHERS 1 (0.00%), DANIEL PIETRUCHA 1 (0.00%), H.H. HOLMES 1 (0.00%), LESTER GOSS 1 (0.00%), DUANE SECORD 1 (0.00%), MAX ACKEL 1 (0.00%), MITCH GADUPLE 1 (0.00%), CHARLES MORRISON 1 (0.00%), JOHN CARP 1 (0.00%), DON STEVENS 1 (0.00%), GLENN MARGETIC 1 (0.00%), JAMES SEXTON 1 (0.00%), BEN SHAPIRO 1 (0.00%), NATASCHA DACRES 1 (0.00%), STEVEN KOSTELL 1 (0.00%), CHRISTINE HALLEQUIST 1 (0.00%), ROBERT BINKERT 1 (0.00%), WILLIAM HAMILTON 1 (0.00%), MICHAEL HUNT 1 (0.00%), BRONSON 1 (0.00%), GILLES MORIN 1 (0.00%), ELON MUSK 1 (0.00%), KAIT KAPLAN 1 (0.00%), SCOTT MAXWELL 1 (0.00%), MATTHEW GANS 1 (0.00%), DANIEL RICE 1 (0.00%), JERRY HIMELSTEIN 1 (0.00%), JAREE BARBER 1 (0.00%), ROB BLACK 1 (0.00%), PAUL MEACHAM 1 (0.00%), JOE KANAVAN 1 (0.00%), JOHN S. ROGERS 1 (0.00%), GAVIN DRISCOLL 1 (0.00%), GEORGE PATTON JR 1 (0.00%), PAT MINOR 1 (0.00%), BILLY KATON 1 (0.00%), MICHAEL TITUS 1 (0.00%), KEN CONLEY 1 (0.00%), DAVID BROWN 1 (0.00%), JOHN SAXTON 1 (0.00%), MICHAEL MOSER 1 (0.00%), CHRISTINE WILLIAMSON 1 (0.00%), CHRISTINE HALLQUIST 1 (0.00%), GREG LUTTON 1 (0.00%), MEISHUN CHAU 1 (0.00%), DWIGHT BROOM 1 (0.00%), CONSTANCE QUIMBY 1 (0.00%), ADONIS GILBERT 1 (0.00%), RIC FLAIR 1 (0.00%), BOB WHITE 1 (0.00%), JIMMY PEGUERRO 1 (0.00%), HUGH ROSS 1 (0.00%), MEG ALLISON 1 (0.00%), SAM SLATER 1 (0.00%), MATT WALKER 1 (0.00%), JOHN DAVIE 1 (0.00%), BILL LEE 1 (0.00%), ERICA EISENBERG 1 (0.00%), JOHN HAHN 1 (0.00%), SEAN FOLEY 1 (0.00%), ALY MARTELL 1 (0.00%), HENRY HOOD 1 (0.00%), AUSTIN YOUNG 1 (0.00%), CELIA DALY 1 (0.00%), GOVERNOR DOUGLAS 1 (0.00%), H BROOK PAIGE 1 (0.00%), CHUCK BARAW 1 (0.00%), DAVID ARGRELL 1 (0.00%), FREDRICK GUERA 1 (0.00%), MICHAEL VALDEZ 1 (0.00%), BERNIE SANDERS 1 (0.00%), H BROOKE PAIGE 1 (0.00%), MIRIAM BERRY 1 (0.00%), ARNOLD BRAMAN 1 (0.00%), TANHAUSER 1 (0.00%), JEFF WENNBERG 1 (0.00%), CORY BARNIER 1 (0.00%), ROBBIE BRILL 1 (0.00%), ETHAN 1 (0.00%), DELIA WARNECKE 1 (0.00%), TOM DEE 1 (0.00%), JOHN HELFANT 1 (0.00%), CHARLES SEDER 1 (0.00%), ANTHONY POLLINA 1 (0.00%), JOHN BUTTOLPH 1 (0.00%), JENNIFER TELLIER 1 (0.00%), JOE STREETER 1 (0.00%), BRUCE BATCHELDER 1 (0.00%), FRED ZENO 1 (0.00%), JOHN DUDDIE 1 (0.00%), JIM ECKHARDT 1 (0.00%), BILL LEE 1 (0.00%), PAUL REA 1 (0.00%), BERNIE SANDERS 1 (0.00%), TAMMY LEGACY 1 (0.00%), JOHN HASHAM 1 (0.00%), BERNARD PETERS 1 (0.00%), CHRIS MORROW 1 (0.00%), THOMAS POWERS 1 (0.00%), JEN MAIER 1 (0.00%), OLIVIA BENSON 1 (0.00%), TYLER CARLSEN 1 (0.00%), JAYNE ISRAEL 1 (0.00%), EMILY PAYTON 1 (0.00%), BERGER PETERS 1 (0.00%), BURT MACKLIN 1 (0.00%), JOE CORNACCHIA 1 (0.00%), BENJAMIN DRISCALO 1 (0.00%), CADE BARCOMB 1 (0.00%), KEITH STEIN 1 (0.00%), CRAIG VANCE 1 (0.00%), Other Write-Ins 103 (0.03%).
	Scattering	170	0.05%	Overvotes
Total		370,968	100.00%

Washington 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic


	Scattering	13,145	0.32%	WRITE-IN
Total		4,056,454	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic
	• Democratic-Nonpartisan League
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution
	• Green
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Independent American
	• Independent Party Of Delaware
	• Mountain
	• Progressive
	• Truth Matters
Independents
	• Independent
	• No Party Affiliation
	• No Party Preference
	• Unaffiliated
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering
	• Write-in

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.